88

Eupolis

test. 48 K.-A.
Under this number Kassel-Austin collect the references to work on Eupolis by
the lst-century BCE Alexandrian scholar Didymus (frr. 83; 221; 303; see also
test. 49 n.) and the evidence for commentaries on individual plays by unknown
authors (Marikas fr. 192; Prospaltioi fr. 259; Taxiarchoi fr. 268; Chrysoun genos
fr. 321; add *POxy. 5160 on Aiges). POxy. 5160 adds considerably to our general
knowledge of this aspect of the reception of Eupolis’ work, adding references
to commentaries by Aristophanes of Byzantium (col. ii.24-5), Callistratus (col.
ii.27-8), Aristarchus (col. ii.29-30), Dionysius (col. ii.11-12), Seleucus (col. ii.7)
and Symmachus (col. ii.8). For Didymus and Symmachus and their knowledge
of Eupolis’ commentaries, see also notes on frr. 89; 132; 135-6; 177; 219-20;
255; 282; 306; 387; Schmidt 1854. 308-10.

test. 49 K.-A. (= test, xl Storey)
= Cratin. test. 43 = Ar. test. 125
Galen, On His Own Books 17 (vol. II p. 124.7-14 Müller = vol. I p. 173 Boudon-
Millot)
τών παρά τοΐς Άττικοΐς συγγραφεϋσιν ονομάτων τεσσαράκοντα οκτώ· τών
παρ’ Εύπόλιδι πολιτικών ονομάτων τρία- τών παρ’ Άριστοφάνει πολιτικών
ονομάτων πέντε· τών παρά Κρατίνω πολιτικών ονομάτων δύο· τών ιδίων
κωμικών ονομάτων παραδείγματα, έν· ‘εί χρήσιμον άνάγνωσμα τοΐς παι-
δευομένοις ή παλαιά κωμωδία’
Of vocabulary in Attic prose-authors, forty-eight books. Of vocabulary appro-
priate for public discourse in Eupolis, three books. Of vocabulary appropriate
for public discourse in Aristophanes, five books. Of vocabulary appropriate
for public discourse in Cratinus, two books. Examples of idiosyncratic comic
vocabulary, one book. Whether old comedy is useful reading for individuals
getting an education.
Citation context From the very end of Galen’s catalogue of his personal
library.
Interpretation The books in question were not simply owned by Galen but
were produced by him as a massive two-part guide to proper Attic style;
cf. On the Order of His Own Books V.4-5 (vol. 1 pp. 101-2 Boudon-Millot).
The point of the distinction between πολιτικά ονόματα and ίδια ονόματα is
that the latter are found in comedy but ought nonetheless not to be used by
someone attempting to make a good public impression with his Greek; cf.